Vulnerability · Published Dec 21, 2023 · Assigned by ESET

CVE-2023-5594Improper following of a certificate's chain of trust in ESET security products

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity improper certificate validation in ESET Endpoint Antivirus from ESET, spol. s r.o.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper validation of the server’s certificate chain in secure traffic scanning feature considered intermediate certificate signed using the MD5 or SHA1 algorithm as trusted.

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-295 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

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